A troupe of daredevil monkeys have been caught on camera dive bombing 30ft out of a tree into alligator-infested water.

The acrobatic animals showed off their impressive aerial skills as they crossed the Silver River in Florida, U.S., with some mothers even carrying babies on their backs as they belly flopped into the water below.

They pick a narrow section of the river to cross due to the alligators lurking below - flinging themselves as far across the river as they can before swimming to the bank and clambering up the trees to safety.

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Daredevils: The monkeys were caught on camera dive bombing 30ft out of a tree into alligator-infested water

Acrobatic: Some mothers even carried babies on their back as they belly flopped into the water below

Intelligent: The rhesus macaques may have worked out the threat from the alligators is less because many have gone into hibernation

The fearless rhesus macaques were spotted by Scottish photographer Graham McGeorge and his wife Ellen on December 1 this year.